Conference Speakers

Chibo Tang

Managing Director, Gobi Partners

Gobi Partners is China’s leading venture capital firm with a 15-year history, focusing on the early investments into digital media, IT, TMT and other fields, and invested more than 100 innovative enterprises across China and Southeast Asia

Kyle Ellicott

Co-Founder ReadWrite

ReadWrite is focused on connecting technological experts, thought-leaders, corporate executives and investors. Kyle has advised over 175 companies and successfully raised over US$130 million in venture funding.

Charles Ng

Associate Director-General, Invest Hong Kong

Charles Ng was appointed as an Associate Director-General of Investment Promotion at Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) in July 2007. He heads up one of two sector-focused divisions that is responsible for helping overseas and Mainland companies to establish or expand their business presence in Hong Kong. His teams are responsible for Financial Services, Financial Technology, Innovation and Technology, Information and Communications Technology, Startups and Research
& Knowledge Management.

David Chung

Wang Xiaochuan

Irene N.Y. Chu

Partner, KPMG

Irene is a Partner of KPMG China and leads the Technology, Media and Telecommunications sector for Hong Kong. She is also the Head of High Growth Technology and Innovation Group in Hong Kong. Irene started her career with KPMG Toronto and has been working in Hong Kong for over 14 years.

Dr. Winnie Tang, JP

Dr. Winnie Tang JP is an Honorary Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Hong Kong. She is one of the locally-bred IT entrepreneurs of Hong Kong. In the 1990s, Dr. Tang founded Esri China (Hong Kong) Limited to develop and promote Geographic Information System (GIS) software and solutions.

Carman Chan

Michael Xue

Investment Director, Lenovo Capital & Incubator Group

Mr. Xue is currently the director of Lenovo Capital & Incubator Group (LCIG) and the director of Lenovo APAC Machine Intelligence Center. He oversees Lenovo’s early-stage investment business (Lenovo Accelerator).

Conrad Hung

Leo Shen

Anson Bailey

Partner, HK office KPMG

Anson, part of the Global Technology Innovation Centre and the High Growth Tech & Innovation Group in HK, has spent the last 20 years working in both industry and professional services covering strategic consulting.

Marta Dowejko

Research Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University

Her recent research addressing the opportunities and challenges of the megalopolis of HK and Shenzhen as Asia’s entrepreneurship hub was well received by local and international media, policymakers and industry associations.

Zhi Li

Vice President, Prosperity Investment

Prosperity investment is now having over rmb 70 billion in terms of asset under management, recognized as the broadest innovative investment congregation platform. Zhi Li himself has invested more than 50 projects in diverse industries, like intelligent hardware, fintech, and etc.

Manav Gupta

Founder & CEO, Brinc

Manav Gupta is a technology visionary, strategist and serial entrepreneur. Having spent the past decade to developing tech and startup ecosystems in China, he is familiar with the hurdles hardware companies face in getting products that drive deep consumer engagement to market. Prior to Brinc, Manav was CEO and co-founder of FabriQate, an award-winning mobile innovation company based in London.

William Bao Bean

William Bao Bean, Managing Director, SOSV & China Accelerator

SOSV is a US$300 million AUM accelerator-focused venture capital fund. William was also the managing director of China investments at SingTel and a Partner at Softbank China & India Holdings. He is an active angel investor with 39 investments from 2006 to 2014.

Thian Chew

Managing Partner, Polar Ventures

Polar Ventures is a private investment and consulting firm that provides capital, strategic and operating solutions in Asia. Mr. Chew has over 25 years’ experience in investing, finance and transforming business operations